Top five things not to say to a pregnant women . . . .

SugarPieHB

1. "Wow you are huge!"

2.  "You better watch all that sodium or you will be huge" as I eat my saltines as to keep myself from throwing up on anyone.

3. "oh finally you have boobs!"

4. "Are you going to eat all of that?"

5.  My personal favorite from my sister just this week after someone says that I dont even look like I am 5 months pregnant "oh people dont think you are pregnant just fat!"

FutureHardings

6.) That's nothin! When I was pregnant, I had "this, this, this, this, and more of this, and that...etc."

Ventura and Andrew

This is spot on! If I heard one of these come out of someones mouth I probably would start yelling.

AliciaSpring

SugarPieHB:

1. "Wow you are huge!"

2.  "You better watch all that sodium or you will be huge" as I eat my saltines as to keep myself from throwing up on anyone.

3. "oh finally you have boobs!"

4. "Are you going to eat all of that?"

5.  My personal favorite from my sister just this week after someone says that I dont even look like I am 5 months pregnant "oh people dont think you are pregnant just fat!"

I would like to add "its squishy isn't it suppossed to be hard?"

or "are you sure thats because you are pregnant because I never had that?" says the lady who has not been PG in 30 years.

zeesbride

" well, I NEVER swelled...are you sure you aren't eating too much??" Yes, thats why my feet and ankles look like canned hams! I choose to carry my weight there as to disguise it better!

This is from my grandma who's youngest son is 47.

dgurl26

"Wow you are HUGE! I never got THAT big and you still have __ weeks?!? WOW are you sure you're not having twins?!?!?"

Ugh. So tired of hearing that.

AliciaSpring

dgurl26:

"Wow you are HUGE! I never got THAT big and you still have __ weeks?!? WOW are you sure you're not having twins?!?!?"

Ugh. So tired of hearing that.

to that goes the everpopular throat punch!

dgurl26

AliciaSpring:

dgurl26:

"Wow you are HUGE! I never got THAT big and you still have __ weeks?!? WOW are you sure you're not having twins?!?!?"

Ugh. So tired of hearing that.

to that goes the everpopular throat punch!

I've wanted to do that so much! Instead I've been saying "wow thats a polite thing to say to a pregnant woman..." ::Insert eye roll and rude look::

jaxgev

In general, just don't try to guess how far along I am.  At Wicked (the play) today, a woman in the bathroom asks me how far along I am then guesses 7 months.  Um, 5.5 but thanks anyway wh*rebag.

DanielsWife

I keep having a perpetual fight with my mom over how far along I am. "I'm 19 weeks today, Mom." "So, that's really 17 weeks then." ARGH. I get that nearly 30 years ago they tried to be all super accurate and pinpoint ovulation/conception more, but geez, get with the system used in every single pregnancy book, my OB's office, etc.

And when people just have to tell you all about what THEIR pregnancy was like, insisting that you'll have the same thing. MIL tried to tell me exactly what movement will feel like, and a week later when I stated that the kid had started kicking, she asked what it felt like, and was all like "No, that's not right. He felt like he was scratching me." Well, la-de-freaking-da!

OH, and the whole let's criticize your childcare arrangement choice at every chance. I'm going to be working from home - teaching via the internet - and MIL, among others, is insisting that I'm making a "huge mistake" by not wanting to work outside the home. You know, Mom stayed home with me, and everything was fine, so shove it. ARGH.?

psvenson

I was trying on pants at a maternity store when I found out I was between sizes. The sales lady, in her infinite wisdom, let me know that "your thighs won't be getting any smaller, so I'd get the bigger size". Thanks, b*tch.

BeeLove

I don't understand people!  But i am NOT a polite person when people are rude and often will say "Well, yes, I am big..I'm growing a baby, what's YOUR excuse"...and watch their faces as tehy scan around to make sure no one heard ...asssshats.

Monsieur_et_Madame_Ha

There's too many to make a top 5, but I think I can do a "top 5 categories" of questions/comments that shouldn't be asked/told to a pg woman:

- Telling her how she should feel (aka the "When I was pregnant..." comments)
- Questioning what she does/eats ("Are you sure that's safe for the baby?" or, on the opposite "You know you're allowed to - coffee, for instance- right?")
- Any weight comment ("You're only__ weeks?" or "You know you're going to have to lose that weight after the baby comes, right" or everybody'y favorite "Are you sure it's not twins?")
- Anything to remind her that NOW is the easy part ("Wait til the baby is here and then we'll talk about lack of sleep")
- Any comment about how fast (or not) she got pregnant ("Took you guys a whil" or "Wow that was quick... was it planned?")

2006bride*

I had a few people who already have one or more kids say something like, "Oh, now your life is over.  You're stuck now!  Everything will be so much harder and not as fun anymore."